"Noa said that they were slaves, and so were the observers, Liri among them,” Albag said.
Three Yamam commandos, who were involved in freeing four Gaza hostages during 'Operation Arnon,' spoke of harrowing moments, including fighting on two different fronts.
She said Andrey had told her that throughout the ordeal, during which he said he and his companions had been mistreated in various ways, he had been convinced he would return.
Footage of the IDF's rescue mission shows a soldier give former hostage Almog Meir Jan a fist bump, with the video used on the Wikipedia entry for 'fist bumps.'
With Jan's release, all the hostages rescued in the operation and hospitalized at Sheba Medical Center have returned home.
"One time, I heard a report on the radio that Israel was against ending the war, and it broke me," Argamani added.
Police published footage of the daring firefight in the middle of Gaza on Monday, around the same time that the IDF revealed their first moments of freedom inside the rescue helicopter.
Capt. 'R,' a pilot in the Israeli Air Force's 124th Squadron spoke to 'the Post' on the successful rescue mission and the pitfalls expertly navigated.
Every success should be celebrated, especially when it leads to hostages coming home after eight months of torturous captivity, but we must remember who sits across us at the negotiating table.
While Hamas has claimed over 200 Palestinians were killed in an operation to rescue four hostages, Israeli estimates leave that number below 100 and charge that many were killed by terrorist fire.
JPOST Digital Library
